2023 Seminars

University identity and mission
The seminar consists of eight bi-weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific theme related to the university's identity and mission. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours per week.
Seminar format: virtual – asynchronous.
Date: February/March. Starts Monday, February 6th, duration: 8 weeks
The seminar will be available from February to April.
Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Program:
1. Mission of the university. Professor: Maria Iraburu.
2. Institutional Culture. Christian Identity and Ideology. Professor: Fernando Toller.
3. Identity and project of the university professor. Professor: Ricardo Crespo.
4. Christian identity in teaching, research, and management. Professor: Javier Sesé.
5. University reputation: To be or to seem? Professor: Monica Herrero.
6. Intellectual leadership of the university. Thinking about the great themes of each era. Professor: Juan José Sanguineti.
7. Challenges of interdisciplinarity. Professor: Claudia Vanney.
8. Identity and plurality in the university: Challenges of contemporary culture to Christian consciousness. Professor: Mariano Fazio.

Contemporary ethical debates
The seminar consists of eight weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific topic related to contemporary ethical debates. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.
Modality: virtual – asynchronous.
Date: February/March. Starts Monday, February 6th, duration: 8 weeks
The seminar will be available from February to April.
Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Program:
1. Natural law, the law of practical reason. Professor: Soledad Paladino
2. Ethical Challenges of Anthropotechnics. Professor: Mariano Asla
3. Political Ethics. Professor: Alejandro Williams Becker
4. Contemporary Moral Currents. Professor: Carlos Massini Correas
5. Ethics of communication. Professor: Carlos Álvarez Teijeiro
6. Business: A Force for Good? Professor: Héctor Rocha
7. Bioethical Issues. Professor: Agustín Silberberg
8. Conscience and Morality: Conscientious Objection. Professor: Fernando Toller

Knowledge and truth
The seminar consists of eight weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific topic related to knowledge and the pursuit of truth. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.
Seminar format: virtual – asynchronous.
Dates: April to November.
Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Program:
1. Intellectual training at university, Luis Romera (University of the Holy Cross, Rome).
2. Theories about truth, Miguel García Valdecasas (University of Navarra, Spain).
3. Communicating the truth, Damian Fernandez Pedemonte (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
4. Intellectual virtues in Saint Thomas, Juan José Sanguineti (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
5. The epistemology of virtue, Ignacio Aguinalde (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
6. Intellectual virtues for everyday life, Nathan King (Whitworth University, US).
7. Teaching for intellectual virtues, Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University, US).
8. Intellectual virtues in research, Claudia Vanney (Universidad Austral).

The core philosophical and theological seminars aim to deepen the specific disciplines cultivated at the university, fostering a close relationship between philosophy, theology, and the experimental and social sciences. These courses seek to create in the Universidad Austral a field of study and discussion that can be the seed of interdisciplinary research.

Issues of Epistemology: Intellectual virtues for interdisciplinary research
Mode: virtual-synchronous
Dates: March to November
The seminar consists of 8 monthly meetings, requiring an estimated dedication of 16 hours in total.
Credits: 1,5
Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Program and dates:
1. The role of curiosity in successful collaboration, Lani Watson (University of Oxford, UK). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, March 23, 14 p.m.
2. The value of Open-mindedness and intellectual humility for interdisciplinary researchNancy Snow (University of Kansas, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, April 27th, 14 PM.
3. Limitations-owning and the interpersonal dimensions of intellectual humility, Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, May 18th, 14 PM.
4. From charitable interpretation to active credence, Paul Harris (Harvard University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, June 15th, 14 PM.
5. Intellectual Honesty, Christian Miller (Wake Forest University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, August 24th, 14 PM.
6. Intellectual creativity, the arts, and the university, Nathan King (Whitworth University, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, September 28th, 14 PM.
7. Empersonal research practices: Getting to know our interdisciplinary collaborators, Katherine Sweet (University of Notre Dame, USA). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, October 26th, at 14 PM.
8. Interpersonal intellectual virtues, Ignacio Aguinalde (Universidad Austral(Argentina). Presentation and discussion via Zoom on Thursday, November 16th, 14 PM.

• The seminars on the didactic-pedagogical axis seek to enable teachers, as mediators between the learner and knowledge, to illuminate their daily practice through the correct use of teaching strategies and techniques.

   

  Paths of history through literature
  Professor: Cristina Viñuela
  Modality: in-person and hybrid
  Dates and times: Mondays from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. May 8, 15, 29; June 5 and 26; July 10 and August 28
  Seminar program

   

  Didactics and curriculum design
  Teacher: Andrea Samper
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 5 meetings in May-June from 17 to 21 pm. May: 16, 23 and 30. June: 6 and 13

   

  Assessment strategies
  Professor: Ana Kupervaser
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 4 meetings, August-September, from 5 to 17 pm. August: 15, 22 and 29. September: 21

   

  Teacher Ethics
  Professor: Juan Assirio
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 4 meetings April-May

   

  Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching and Learning Process (TICEA)
  Professor: Laura Ferrofino
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: Tuesdays, April 11, 18, 25, and May 2, from 17 pm to 21 pm.

   

  Anthropology of Education
  Professor: Juan Assirio
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 4 sessions July – August from 17 pm to 21 pm. July: 4th and 11th. August: 1st and 8th

   

  Learning Disabilities
  Professor: Elena Karamanian
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 4 meetings in September from 17 pm to 21 pm. September: 7, 14, 21 and 28

   

  Pedagogical theories
  Professor: Juan Graciela Hernández and Adrián Guerra
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 4 meetings Sept-Oct from 17 to 21 pm. September: 19 and 26. October: 3 and 10.

   

  Psychology of the adolescent and the adult
  Professor: Juan Francisco Gómez
  Modality: Virtual or In-Person (Cerrito)
  Dates and times: 4 meetings in October and November, from 21 pm to 17 pm. October: 17, 24 and 31. November: 7

   

  Possibilities and challenges of personalizing higher education
  Professor: Juan Assirio
  Format: Virtual Asynchronous Plus (with tutoring and one Zoom meeting)
  Dates and times: February 2023 (4 weeks – 20 hours of total dedication)

   

Through the incorporation of curricular pathways related to research methodologies, the program seeks to understand the methodological foundations of research work and provide tools that facilitate the search and analysis of information, the writing of scientific articles, the formulation of research projects, and the communication of research results.

Qualitative research with Atlas-ti
Modality: virtual-asynchronous
Date: from 06/02
Duration: 15 hours / 8 weeks